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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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